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Social Media Cheat Sheet for 2017
Not my work product, but absolutely worth sharing! Louise Myers, over at Visual Social Media, has created a post, with the details about the image below, for the latest, greatest image sizes for all the big boys in social media: Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Google+, Pinterest, Instagram & YouTube. Facebook alone has more than half a…
Read MoreYouTube SEO Cheat Sheet
Using video as part of your marketing plan is a smart move these days. Even smarter is getting the most out of your efforts by applying basic SEO to your YouTube videos. Like photos on your website, YouTube & Google have limited ability to understand what your video is about unless you tell them. You…
Read More30 minutes to a better web presence for local businesses
Where are the best places to list your business online? There are thousands of choices, but for the beginner, these will get you started.
Read MoreReporter vs Expert – Why Most Bloggers Are Stuck Reporting
There are basically two types of bloggers in the world – reporters and experts – and some people perform both roles (usually the experts, it’s hard for reporters to become experts, but it’s easy for experts to report).
Read MoreWordPress as a Content Management System
Check out the latest post on Inspired Magazine for a great article about WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS). They cover the pros and cons of using WordPress to manage your website content, feature some WordPress websites from some movers and shakers in the business world, and they round it out with a list…
Read MoreDistributing your Blog Content
No matter which blogging platform you are using, experts agree that it’s a valuable way to connect with both your existing and future customers. So you might be asking yourself: “What’s the best way to get readers to follow my blog?” You need to make it as easy as possible for your readers to follow…
Read MoreFree Secret Way to Promote Your Business
Got your attention, didn’t it? It’s not really a secret, it’s just that so many people simply skip it, or don’t use it well, that you’d think it was a secret. Free and Easy Marketing that Everyone Can Use Are you looking for a set-it-and-forget-it way to keep your company information in front of your…
Read MoreTop 5 Tips from “Duct Tape Marketing” by John Jantsch
The book “Duct Tape Marketing” by John Jantsch is easily one of my favorite business marketing books. Jantsch takes tried-and-true marketing concepts and breaks them down into understandable, usable, basic methods – suitable for the average business person. In no particular order, here are my favorite strategies: Identify your ideal client (page 2). This is…
Read MoreFREE Bing Local listings = FREE Advertising
Here is an internet marketing secret most people ignore: get your business in Bing Places (Bing Local). While you might think nobody actually uses Bing, you would be wrong! Bing is the default search on every iOS device sold in America. If you talk to Siri, or use spotlight to search, you are using Bing,…
Read More10 Blog Traffic Tips
In every blogger’s life comes a special day – the day they first launch a new blog. Now unless you went out and purchased someone else’s blog, chances are your blog launched with only one very loyal reader – you. Maybe a few days later you received a few hits when you told your sister,…
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